If you know me at all, you know that I love the nuts and bolts of hockey — everything about it, from how pucks are made, skate blade details, goaltender masks to equipment design. All of it fascinates me! And this week I was able to satisfy a missing piece to my hockey quest – I watched the process of making ice for a hockey rink. And what fun!

Games are often won and lost before a team steps on the ice. – Barry Smith, Director of Player Development with the Chicago Blackhawks. Team Dynamics – definition: The behavioral relationship between members of a group that are assigned connected tasks within an organization. Dynamics are…

via Chris Botta, Sporting News For its part, the American Hockey League is poised to help fill any game-action void for fans. The AHL has a deal in place with Sportsnet in Canada to broadcast an additional slate of games if NHL games are canceled….